Upgrading to 780ti or getting another 7870

[huraifi]

I'd like to upgrade my gpu to have a better and smoother fps at 1080p high and ultra settings for games like BF4 GW2 Metro and Assasin's Creed IV

heres my specs:
ASUS M5A97 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
AMD Phenom II X4 975 Black Edition Deneb 3.6GHz Quad-Core
WD Caviar Black 2 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache
SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB
8GB of RAM

The two options i have now for my budget ($700)

1. Get another 7870 and crossfire, I'll have to upgrade my power supply and motherboard and I'll get an fx8350

2. Get a gtx 780 ti which costs $700 as of right now

Please help me choose the best option, also i think i can wait if there's something better

 

[masmotors]

how about just get the 8320 1st then add gtx 770 later or a 7970/r9 280x

 

[wanderer11]

I would take option 1. Your cpu is going to hold back a 780 ti as it is. Another 7870 (270x) would only cost ~$150 whereas the 780ti is ~$700 as you said. I have 7870 crossfire and it works very well.

 

[Francisco Costa]

What about getting an fx8320, which is an undeclocked 8350 that you can overclock to 8350 speeds, and a GTX 780?
I don't know what your PSU is but maybe you wouldn't need to upgrade it that way.

 

[Kampinkarl1]

wanderer11, I've been debating getting another 7870 for crossfire. Is it worth it? You said it works well - I've heard crossfire is very glitchy.

 

[wanderer11]

I have had exactly 3 issues with crossfire:

1.) CCC wouldn't enable crossfire at first. I had to flip the bridge over.

2.) A driver install went south once. Ever since I have always uninstalled the driver before installing the new one and haven't had a problem yet.

3.) BF4 played terrible for a while. Flickering brown textures and a lot of freezing/ crashing.

Other than those minor things it has been great. I recommend it. For the ~$450 I paid for it there was no single gpu that could come close to the performance.

 

[Kampinkarl1]

I have had exactly 3 issues with crossfire:

1.) CCC wouldn't enable crossfire at first. I had to flip the bridge over.

2.) A driver install went south once. Ever since I have always uninstalled the driver before installing the new one and haven't had a problem yet.

3.) BF4 played terrible for a while. Flickering brown textures and a lot of freezing/ crashing.

Other than those minor things it has been great. I recommend it. For the ~$450 I paid for it there was no single gpu that could come close to the performance.

Thanks for answering. I had AMD driver problems that were solved with the same method you used. I am much more inclined to try Crossfire now.

 

[wanderer11]

Keep in mind this is just my experience. I'm sure there are people that had more trouble. Sure there are games that don't use crossfire, but I have found that the games that don't use it don't need it anyway and the ones that do use it fine. I almost never buy a game at launch so by the time I get to it everything has been patched. My 2560x1440 monitor is very picky about what resolutions it displays and that almost always causes a problem launching a game for the first time.